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veelaughtland's review
5.0
Graphic: Death, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Physical abuse
thebookdragon_taylorsversion's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Classism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Addiction, Sexism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Sexual harassment
tetrootz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Self harm, Grief, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Rape, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Drug use, Ableism, Classism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Vomit, Physical abuse, and Medical content
Moderate: Police brutality and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Dementia
lbelow's review
5.0
Graphic: Death, Cursing, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Body shaming, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Gaslighting, Violence, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Alcohol, Self harm, Ableism, and Child abuse
smillas_tales's review
My only issue with this novel is Brady’s fatphobia. I’m sure no ill harm is meant, but the frequent comments regarding size and looks, and how these are used to emphasize the negative character of individual stood out to me and took away from my reading experience.
I’ll have a full review up at some point, when I get the time and energy.
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Ableism
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Biphobia, Abandonment, Infidelity, Police brutality, Misogyny, Classism, and Suicidal thoughts
bearystarry's review against another edition
4.75
Just wish there was less fatphobia.
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Grief, Self harm, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Bullying, and Alcohol
Moderate: Police brutality, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, and Vomit
Minor: Rape, Racism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
tea_at_mole_end's review
5.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Self harm
Moderate: Ableism, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Bullying
Minor: Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Excrement, Police brutality, Infidelity, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Drug use, Death, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Alcohol
buttermellow's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Ableism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Bullying, Misogyny, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Biphobia
wickedgrumpy's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Ableism, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, and Suicide
wishbea's review
Like some other readers, I found Fern's attitude towards many of the women in her stories to be misogynistic and she often has negative things to say about people's weight that she doesn't reflect on, so be careful reading this if you are averse to that.
The most interesting part to me was at the end, when Fern talks about how she sought to reduce her meltdowns and identify the causes of them as well as habits that helped.
There is a shocking lack of resources for autistic adults in general, and less for autistic women. This will prove to be an important resource for autistic women, however Fern oftens speaks as if her experience is how all autistic women experience life and I think more of an emphasis should've been put on the reality that autistic people have our own individual struggles, some of us have meltdowns yes, but some of us have shutdowns and shutdowns are only mentioned as a throwaway comment.
I think when you are contributing to an area that currently has a distinct lack of information available you do need to be careful about avoiding presenting your experience as if you are representing all autistic women.
I truly hope the release of this book inspires more autistic women to share their stories.
Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, Ableism, Drug use, Abandonment, Blood, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Classism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Suicide, Vomit, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Death of parent and Excrement